For nearly a decade Idaho has been in the throes of drought conditions plaguing local farmers and residents with water woes every summer. Last summer, many communities including Kuna were forced to shut-off irrigation earlier than usual in response to low water levels. Despite last summer's water troubles, current snow levels look promising, with the snow pack in southeast and southwest Idaho ranging from 80 to 90 percent of normal. In central and northern Idaho many basins are above normal including the Salmon, Payette and Weiser basins. ...

By Cheryl McCord The Kuna Farmers Market will hold the 2008 season kickoff meeting Saturday, April 26 from 10:30 until noon at the Kuna Fire Station, 150 West Boise Avenue. The public is invited. Coffee and sweet rolls will be provided. New vendors, not-for-profit organizations who would like to hold fundraisers, entertainers, shoppers, volunteers, and anyone interested in the market are welcome. The Kuna Farmers Market specializes in locally grown produce, meats, eggs, and plants, baked goods, an select, vendor-made crafts. Come and learn more about our new vendors, our expanding list of produce and meats, planned ...

by Rob Oates Chair Libertarian Party of Idaho "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" said Peter Finch as newscaster Howard Beale in the 1976 movie "Network." Are you that mad? You should be. Thirty-two years ago "Network" documented many of the outrages and dangers we're still facing In the past month we have seen the biggest slide down the road to serfdom in history. Never have such massive lies and half-truths been sold to the American people. Never have the perpetrators been so open and unrepentant in saying that what they're doing to our country is for ...

Dear Mom, I have a pet peeve and it has been driving me crazy lately - it seems that all men and boys (except my husband and father) NEVER put the toilet seats down after they pee anymore. I go to my friends' homes, and my sisters' and mom's homes and none of their men put the seat down, which amazes me because when I was young, my mom and sisters all lived up in the same house with a father and brothers who ALWAYS put it down. It always seemed to ...